# 🧬 Intellectual Property

**Purpose:** Canonical versions of protocols, frameworks, and theoretical work  
**Updated:** 2025-11-25

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## Overview

This directory contains **IP artifacts** — finalized, blessed versions of intellectual property.

## What Qualifies as IP

- **Protocols:** Novel communication or interaction patterns
- **Algorithms:** Unique computational methods
- **Architectures:** Novel system designs
- **Frameworks:** Conceptual models or approaches
- **Theories:** Original theoretical work

## 🧪 Invariants

Every IP artifact must have:
- 🧬 **Registration Number:** `IP-YYYYMMDD-XXX`
- ⏱️ **Archive Timestamp:** When it was blessed
- 🧭 **Source Reference:** Original repo and commit

## Entry Format

See `workflows/ip-registration-workflow.md` for complete details.

```markdown
# [IP Title]

**Category:** IP / [Protocol | Algorithm | Framework | etc.]  
**Source Repo:** `BlackRoad-OS/[repo-name]`  
**Source Path:** `path/to/original.md`  
**Source Commit:** `[full git SHA]`  
**Archived On:** YYYY-MM-DD  
**Archived By:** [agent:name | human:name]  
**Status:** Final  
**Version:** [semantic version]  
**Authors:** [list of authors]  
**Registration Number:** IP-YYYYMMDD-XXX

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[Original specification content]
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*IP artifacts are finalized, canonical versions. See `workflows/ip-registration-workflow.md` for how to register new IP.* 🧬